22 U.S.C. § 6324 — Definitions
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-236 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 175 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines terms used in this subchapter, including highly enriched uranium, IAEA, near-real-time material accountancy, special fissionable material, the Treaty, and several terms defined elsewhere.
In this subchapter: (1) “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to at least 20 percent in isotope U–235. (2) “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency. (3) “near real time material accountancy” means a method for tracking the location, amount, and disposition of special fissionable material at facilities that store or process it, using frequent physical inventories and in-process instruments to continuously verify peaceful use. (4) “special fissionable material” has the meaning in Article XX(1) of the IAEA Statute done at United Nations Headquarters on October 26, 1956. (5) “the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968. (6) “IAEA safeguards,” “non-nuclear-weapon state,” “nuclear explosive device,” and “special nuclear material” have the meanings in section 6305 of this title.
As used in this subchapter—
the term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235;
the term “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency;
the term “near real time material accountancy” means a method of accounting for the location, quantity, and disposition of special fissionable material at facilities that store or process such material, in which verification of peaceful use is continuously achieved by means of frequent physical inventories and the use of in-process instrumentation;
the term “special fissionable material” has the meaning given that term by Article XX(1) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, done at the Headquarters of the United Nations on October 26, 1956;
the term “the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and
the terms “IAEA safeguards”, “non-nuclear-weapon state”, “nuclear explosive device”, and “special nuclear material” have the meanings given those terms in section 6305 of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, § 844, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 524.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-236 · 108 Stat. 524
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